From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from li38-254.members.linode.com ([207.192.74.254] helo=masterfoo.zenlinux.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQ5eO-0001CN-Hf for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:04:45 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.12] (c-76-105-143-140.hsd1.or.comcast.net [76.105.143.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by masterfoo.zenlinux.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB21304F3 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:03:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4CFEAF1F.70606@zenlinux.com> Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:03:11 -0800 From: Scott Garman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: In-Reply-To: X-MasterFoo-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: AEB21304F3.E08F2 X-MasterFoo-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MasterFoo-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam X-MasterFoo-MailScanner-From: sgarman@zenlinux.com X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 207.192.74.254 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: sgarman@zenlinux.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: libcdaudio license issue X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:04:45 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/06/2010 11:48 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > I was checking libcdaudio for LICENSE info. > recipe says GPL > COPYING file is the GPLv2 one > README file says: > > libcdaudio is distributed under the GNU Library General Public > License, included in this package under the top level source directory > in the file COPYING > > C files also mention LGPL. but say v2 or later > > What to do with this in the LICENSE field? LGPLv2+ ? Like others I agree with going with what the source files have in them. Maybe this is obvious, but since I don't think anyone else has mentioned it, I think it would also be helpful to notify the upstream folks about this ambiguity so they can correct it. Regards, Scott -- Scott Garman sgarman at zenlinux dot com